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Campo Grande Slideshow
Campo Grande
Travel Blogs from Campo Grande, Brazil
Beach Day
Visited three or four beaches throughout the day in this Rio suburb down south, which will be the host of the Olympics soon ...
The Pantanal!!!
... ; He said he would keep it forever. A real sweatheart he is. In the afternoon I took the truck back to Baracas das Piranhas then the bus back to Campo Grande. I stayed iun the hostel and was very excited to have my own room with ...
Getting back to nature
Sara and myself took a plane from Sao Paulo to Campo Grande. I had arranged a four day tour into the Pantanal wetland region of Brazil. Apparently it´s half the size of France with loads of wildlife. Sara was keen to see a few anacondas. I just wanted to ...
Jam session
... with Marion and John from the US. They are enthusiastic about their trip to the Pantanal, first time here and first time in Brazil…20 days, wow…John gives me some funny tips about the camping at Carmindo’s and Maria’s place. They ...
Campo Grande & ATMs
... finish and shares his photos with us - what an interesting guy. We then set off on our bus journey, on the way to Campo Grande the federal police boarded the bus and decided to pick Craig and I to question. In the most perfect English accent I have ...
Back on the Transpantaneira
Back on the road, this time Julinho is at the wheel. Lost in thoughts and overwhelmed by all the beauty that surrounds us we drive on in silence. After a while he asks me if I mind him putting on some music, not at all! He takes out an I-pod with a ...
Last day...before my 38 hrs bus-overland to Rio
Here our standard of sleeping-waking up with sunlight is disturbed, curtains that close out light and air-con disorient me, guests talking in front of our door....disturb me!! It is a nice well run place in a beautiful environment...but still it' feels ...
Pantanal tur
... skulle over - dagen efter fandt vi ud af at der efterfolgende var yderligere 4 broer der var kolapset. Casper og jeg tog tilbage til Campo Grande for at snakke med Rodrigue om at faa nogen af pengene tilbage. Det endte med at vi hver fik 521R$ ...
Piranahs bitey and wasps stingy.
... it wasn`t hot enough for them. Had probably our best meal yet, then said goodbye to eveyone and left for Corumba (on the Brazil Bolivia border but had to stay here overnight as the border was closed by the time we arrived). Onto Bolivia tomorrow. Excited ...
Pantanal wetlands - Brazil
... Grande byl levenjsi a trval pouze hodinu a pul nez kdybychom si vzali autobus, ktery trval 20 hodin a byl o dost drazsi. Do Campo Grande jsme prijeleti o pulnoci, ale nastesti na nas cekal taxi, ktery pro nas zorganizoval hostel v kterym jsme spali. Hezky ...
Gracious Campo Grande
Campo Grande is de hoofdstad van Mato Grosso do Sul en waar we hier in terecht zijn gekomen hadden we nooit durven dromen. Op Salar de Uyuni zaten we in de jeep met een Braziliaans koppel, zij hadden een meisje genaamd Paolla leren kennen in een hostel ...
Sunday Afternoon
The Hotel Gran Exceler in Campo Grande was clean and quite adequate for my needs. After all, I just needed a place to sleep and await the rendezvous with the EarthWatch vans at 7 am Monday morning. I arrived in the mid afternoon and was the first of our ...
swimming with Piranhas.. Pantanal, Brazil
... na minumu – super na pozorování zvěře plus možnost plavání s dravými piraněmi v řece:-) V Campo Grande jsme ještě ten den bukli čtyřdenní tůru do Pantanalu přes společnost, která ...
Last day in Brazil-travelling from Rio de Janeiro
... call to take the metro. We hopped on to a cab and the traffic is really heavy-cab driver said that because tomorrow is Brazil's Independence Day-everyone is leaving town for a holiday. We spent our last Reals on 2 miserable sandwiches and a diet coke. ...
Inicio da Aventura
Inicio da Aventura. As netas foram para Săo Paulo esperar os Pais que chegam do interior, onde Ines foi fazer entrevistas para a tese de doutorado dela. Văo conhecer o primeiro primo do lado materno, o Pedro Schalch, que nasceu em julho. Nós ...
Getting Back to Nature in the Pantanal
... we didn`t wait long! It was swelteringly hot, we were tired, grumpy and feeling grimy from travel despite the showers in Campo Grande - so we collapsed into our hammocks for an afternoon nap which was surprisingly refreshing and comfortable. In ...
A surprise
Driving through town we see a small airplane over us and Julinho’s eyes start to shine… Lilito…he starts fumbling with his phone then looks at me and asks me ‘would you like to fly?’ That was unexpected but of course yes!! I ...
Fishing Piranhas in The Pantanal
... has a better location and I heard very good things about their tours so you may want to check it out! I then take a bus from Campo Grande, the main city, to go and visit some former colleagues and friends from New York working now in Sao ...
The Pantanal Awaits
Tuesday 16 February Just stopping in Campo Grande for one night (following a 20 hour bus journey from Rio...) before heading off into the Pantanal for 3 nights...hoping to see lots of interesting wildlife....will report back in a few days when we next ...
Mission Briefing & Wednesday, August 22
... will prepare filling and tasty meals to fortify you for the rigors of the field. Rendezvous Site Campo Grande, Brazil Research Mission: Discover the conservation needs of frogs, snakes, turtles and related animals in the ...
Pantanal Trip Day 1
The first half of today was mainly travelling again! Breakfast was good this morning, with lots of fruit, and cake and doce de leite (yummy caramel stuff which Caz has been spreading on bread.... mmm healthy!). We had a long mini-bus trip to start with, ...
Pantanal Trip Day 4
Our last activity was piranha fishing this morning, before our long trip back to Campo Grande this afternoon. To be fair, Gabrielle was a bit happier and helpful today (but by no means what I would call happy or helpful!). We walked from our camp along ...
Ants in your pants (or in your sleeping bag)
... the jungle. Bring on a catalogue of pain. We set off on bus no.1, which broke down after 15 minutes, we hadn´t even left Campo Grande! After an hour's wait in a local cafe we set off again in bus no.2, which lasted just over an hour before breaking down ...
Oi Brasil! Todo bem?
... vom internationalen zum Nationalen Flughafen. Stundenlanger Fasching mit Geld und was weiss ich was. Dann von Sao Paulo nach Campo Grande (insgesamt 16 Stunden, 6 Stunden davon Flugzeit...herzlichen Glückwunsch). Hier in Campo Grande sind wir gleich mal ...
Whatever we do, we do not book through Rodrigo....
... who like us, didn´t have the time or funds to see The Amazon. More on The Pantanal later however........ Before we arrived in Campo Grande, we had done research on hostels, like we always do. However, turns out there was only one hostel! So that made ...
"Do you want to gallop?"
... go off to see the salinas. We're suddenly alone again. I pack my bags and clear my room, waiting for my plane back to Campo Grande. Marina has piggybacked me on to the return flight of some guests coming in from CG. No one knows what time they're due to ...
Back to Paradiese
... einfach weil ich ihn mag und er ein Stück eines wunderschönen Ortes repräsentiert, nachdem ich mich die letzten, genervten Tage in Campo Grande gesehnt habe. Natürlich hat er als ich weg war an einem Tag 12 Ameisenbären gesehen. Ich kotz. Die ...